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' l. WRIGHT AND W. H. MARSHALL. APPARATUS run GENERATING AND mrrusma WATER vAPdB 1M6 THE MMOSPHERE or ROOMS. 7 APPLICAHON FILED APR-29.1919.

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G ANO DH FUSING WATER VAPOR INTO THE AIMGSPHERE OF ROOMS.

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UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE;

""NATHAN WEIGHT AND WILLIAM Hi MARSHALL. OF PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK.

, furnnn'ro's roe o unnacrms Tu all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JONATHAN Wmuu'r and W'rLLIAM ll. ALmsIIALL, rilim-ns of the United States, residing at llcasnnl.\'illv,

could of \Vcstchcstcr, State of New York, have im'cntml n orrlnin no; nnd 'nsrl'nl lm p1'( 1\'cn|cnt in Apparatus for Henri-ailing illlll Dili'using Water-Vapor info the Atmosphere -'of Rooms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact, description.

Our invention relates to apparatus for gcnerutiugnnd difiusing water vnpor into the-atlnosphere'of rooms and has for its object to produce an up arntus by which water will becontiuuous y and uniformly vaporized under given conditions and thoroughly diffused in the atmosphere. It

- further has for its object to provide menus for controlling the amount of vapor, pro-, duced under given eondltions and to provide theme for simultaneously mntrolhng the amount. of water vaporized dur ng a,

'ven time at a. plurality of points, one of the means of doing this being the sinndnuwficial area of the waterexposcd for evaporation. It further. has for its object to pro; vide means whereby theextent of surface of the water being vaporized at one of several points can be independently varied, I The following is a description of an embodiment oi our invention, reference ,being had to the accompanying drawings, in

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Figure 1 shows a system embodying our invention and comprising two heaters and two veporimers; Q

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the vapor- .izers with the heater removed;

Y Fi 3 is; side'elevation part1 broken away showing the lower portion 0 a heater and the vaporizer located beneath'the some;

and

Fiat is a section on-the line'44, Fig. 3. Re

ings,-1- 1 are radiators which inay be either hot water or steam radiators provided .with' proper means of supplying the heating medium thereto. Be ow these radiators ore to castings 2-2, each of said castings having in its upper portion an openeompertment or container. 3 for water-to be ,va orized and in its lower portion a closed amber 4 for the henting medium supplied to the 56 radiator. The bottom of the conteiner 3 has Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29. 1919. Serial No. 293,569.

.rocks 8 whereby one" or ous regulation of the extent of the super;

supplying the heating m terniincd by rring ore perticularly to the draw- AND DIFFUSING HYPER-VAPOR INTO THE Amos PHERE 01" ROOMS.

Pstented Nov. 4, 1919.

n slnutingfloor 5 which separates the water In the water container from the chamber 4,

constituting a passage for the heating medinm. .'1he wa ter container, as shown, is

provided with two barriers 6 extending in ich the direction of the slant of the floor \v (ll- Ede it inlo'fhl'cc sections, as shown in Fi n :5. These sections are interconnected witi one another by piping 7, provided with both of the other sections can he cut off from the left-hand section as may be desired, so as to vary the vx'tvnt. of surface of thelwnter in the contaim-r connected with the water supply. By this means the surface of the water 1n one"!!! container can be varied independentlyof thcwatcr in other containers. 9 isthewater pply, the slime comprising :i-tank lmvin an inlet provided with an ordinary cook 10 for keeping the water therein nt'a 7t given level and with an overflow pi 11. Thiswuter supply is connected? by piping 12 with the two containers 3 in the castings 2-2' through cocks-13 by which one or both of the containers 3 can be entirely .cut off. Leading to one endjof ez'wh'chamber 4' of the vaporizer is a pipe 14 and leading'from each other end is it pipe 15. The p 1-1, each chamber 4, together with its pipes 14 and 15, constituting the means for edium to the. rndi-i ator. The ipes' 14 ai-e provided with the ordinal-y n ves 16 fo'r contmlling the suppl; of such heatingmedium.

n operation one or mm'e of the (ompartments in the container 3 are'filled with water, the valves 13 and 8 being set for that purpose. The height of this water is dethe'height of the water in the tank 9, which can be adjusted by means of the ball cockIO, On account of the slanting floor of the water container, thesurface of the water in the water container increases with the depth of the water therein and since undervgiven etniospherie'nnd heat conditions water vaporizes at-e. rate varying with its surface}; variation in the "ainount of water vaporized-can-be easily obtained. The level of the water. and as a consequence me its exposed surface, is fixed ,in a. eral way by theedjustmcnt of the ball cook 10, and its surface in any container is thertlfl to:- varied independently of the other containers as desired by cutting 06 or adding 100 one or more of the divisions of the water container by manipulation of the cocks 8-8.

If desircdl'a pct cook 18 may he provided in connection with the right-hand division of the water container for tho urpose of drainin oil the water in that ivision or one or alFof the other divisions as may he desired so as to clfect a speedy change in the vaporizing surface. 19 is a removable plate to allow access to the water container when desired.

The upper edge of the. container from which the plate 19 rises is above the tops of the barriers 66, so that if desired the hall cock can be adjusted so as to keep the tops of the barriers flooded and increase the extent of surface exposed for evaporation.

The slanting floor of the container and its division into compartments. allow for the common regulation of several Vaporizers and the separate regulation of each vaporizcr, providing simple means for yarying the heated Surfaces covered bv the water and also the surface of the water exposed to the air and from which evaporation takes place, the evaporation v'arying with the surface of the water, other conditions-being the same.

The water vapor' rising from the container passes upward a' mat and around the sections or coils of t c radiator,-and is there superheated and expanded, the tempcraturc of the radiator being higher-than the temperature of the ,.water vapor. The rising current of warm air from the radiator will diffuse the superheated and expanded water vapor out into the room laterally of the radiator (assuming. the latter to be adjacent to a wall) so that the water vapor before it. is expanded or diffused does not impinge againstany chilling surface or minle with air colder than it is.

By the means described the humidity vof the air in a heated mom may be kept at any dcsired point.

In using: our apparatus, the containers are lilh-d with water to the dcsircdextent, the level being determined by the adjustment of tho ball cm'k [0. The extent of water surface. for any one container is iudcpcmlently adjusted by connecting mdisconnecting Ulll' or more uf the cmhpartnu'nts formed by the barriers 6. Tln-maftcr the action is autmnaliv, water being supplied from tlur tank 1) as faxt as it is evaporated in the i-ontalncl's 3. The input generated IIHI'S and trihus the radiators and is"hvatvd h llu-m 0 :(S to be expanded and llill'lm-il in the almmphvru of tlu' i-o'nn. Hy lllli lllt'illh a pro wr ill-grim of moisture can lumam mined H] :1 room so as to prevent the in jllllnlh' absorption by lln: air of the. moisture of nhjm-ts or persons in the room.

Aside from saving the damagiwhi -h is [iH-H'Iilml hr having llnair properly muntoned, the moisture introduced into the air by our apparatus results in a saving in coal, inasmuch as rooms so moistened do not have to be heated so highly in order to be comfortable as they would be if the air were dry.

The advantages of ncratin and diilusing water vapor byt e methot carried out by the apparatus above described are more fully set forth in our Patent No. 1,285,879, dated November 26, 1918.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art, our invention rmits of various modifications without. eparting from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. In a vapor generating and difl'usin apparatus comprism a radiator, the com ination of a passage or a heating'mcdium supplied to said radiator and an open container for water, both located below said'radiator,

said container having an open top ..dischargin wt r so as to im inge u n saidradiato said water contaihcr boi ing adjacent to said passage -o as to be heated thereby, a means 'for maintaining a substcntiallyfumform body of, yntrjmsaid {conta'incr jald connections 'for conveying said beating medium to said radiator through said p 2. In a vapor generating and difi 8P2; paratus comprising'a radlator, the coin ina tion of a passagc'fora heating in i plied K said radiator, and W water aving an open top to so as to impingep'uppn said grad it water container being adjacent sage so as to be hcatcdthcicby wilight passage and to said radiator, saidj xvatar-contajne'r having a slantin bottbm'll nda fifina for regulating the heiit of the water in said gontaincr. dd 1 in 3. n a vapor ncratin an i a paratus co nprisiiitg' a radfiitor, the winging tion of a passage or a heating medium supplied to said radiator, and a. container for water, said water container bein adjacent to said passage sons-to be heated thereby, means {or maintaining a supply of water in said container, connections for.'conveying said heating medium to said p cand to said radiator, said avatar container ing divided into com iartments, and means for connecting and disconnecting said com artincnts from the source of water sup as to vary the extent of water surf said container". Y

4. I n a vapor generating and difi'usi n apparatus eomprism a radiator, the com ina- [ion of a passage m a heating medium supplied to said radiator, and a container for water, said water container being adjacent to said passage so as to be heated thereby, means for maintaining a substantially uniy ace in form body of water 'in said container, con nections for conveying said heating medilnn to said passage and to said radiator, said Water container having a slanting bottom and being divided into compartments, and means for connecting and disconnecting said compartments from the source of water supply so as to vary the extent of water surface in said container.

5. In a. vapor generating and difiusin apparatus comprisln a radiator, the com )ination of a. chamber or a heating medium snplied to said radiator and an open container or water, both located below said radiator, said water container being adjacent to said. chamber so as to be heated thereby, means for maintaining a supply of water in said com teiner, connections for conveyin said heating medium to said chamber an said radiator, said water container having a slanting bottom, said means for maintaining a suppl of water consisting .of an auxiliary tan and means for maintaining the water in said tank at the predetermined level desired in said container for securing the requisite water surface for evaporation and means for regulating the height of the water in said tank,

U. in an apparatus for producing and diffusing water vapor comprising a radiator, :m upon-top water container located below said radiator, a chamber for a. heating me d ium located below said water container, the floor of said container sloping gradually and being integral with the roof of said chzunbcr, connections leading to said chamber for conveying said heating medium thereto, connections between said chamber and said radiator and connections for supplying Water to said container, and means for regulating the height of the water in said container.

JON ATHAN W RH i HT. WILLIAM H. MARSHALL. 

